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The Assassins' Lament

Chapter Eight: The Rescue

"I promise I'll find you Dorry," Trowa said as he slowly snuck through the halls of the Zeon base. The alarm was still sounding as he made his way towards the holding area. He knew that that was the place they would take her.

"Find them!" came a voice suddenly. Trowa narrowed his eyes. Several men ran down the hall. They ran right to the end of the hall and turned the corner.

"Morrons," Trowa mumbled as he let himself fall from his hiding spot on the ceiling and continued to head in the direction he was originally heading.

(FLASH)

"Be careful Triton… You're too small. You're gonna hurt yourself," a little girl said to an even younger boy who was climbing a tree. The two looked around the age of 5 or so. The little boy just ignored the girl and continued to climb. He wasn't doing that bad either for a child his age and soon enough he was sitting on the lowest branch of the tree looking down at the young girl, his sister.

"Told you I could do it Catherine," the boy said sticking out his tongue at her and laughing.

The little girl laughed back, "Well wait for me then. I'm coming up too," she said as she stepped over to the base of the tree and looked up.

"No you aren't little missy," a voice said as a man walked out from behind the tree and grabbed the girl.

"AHH!" the girl screamed.

"Ok you little magget… get down here and this little wench won't get hurt," the man said.

"Leave my sister alone!" the boy shouted as he jumped from the tree landing on his feet and hands.

The man immediately pushed the young Catherine to the ground and grabbed the boy Triton before he got the chance to get up, "Gotcha."

"Let me go!" he growled as he squirmed in the man's grasp.

"Shut up and behave… you wouldn't want your sister here to get hurt now would you?" the man whispered in Triton's ear. The boy immediately stopped moving and looked over to his sister. The man smirked and walked away from Catherine with an arm around her younger brother's waste dragging him along.

"Triton!" she yelled.

"Catherine, help me…" he cried.

(FLASH)

"Now brat… here's your first test… Feed the lions," the man laughed as he pushed a five-year-old Triton into a hole in the floor of a dark room.

The boy quickly got up and looked around. It was dark save for the light coming from the small opening at the top of the pit. Realising his sight would do him no good he closed his eyes and stood perfectly still. He let his ears be his vision. He could hear the sounds of breathing but not the breathing of a man or woman but the deep growling breathing of a beast. He began to shake slightly as he heard something move. Something was walking towards him on four clawed feet. He opened his eyes at that moment and backed up into a corner.

"Remember boy… They are stupid beasts… They only attack because they sense your fear," the man said.

The boy didn't see that as much help, though he knew the man wasn't there to help him but only to train him. He watched the area where the feeble light came through and waited as a large beige creature stepped into it. A lion. Triton looked at the creature in fascination. It was a truly beautiful beast. He suddenly let his body relax and his breathing became normal again. The creature was soon inches from him. He looked into its eyes. He was no prey, he was not afraid, and he was not attacking… the lion would not harm him.

"What the heck? What did that kid do?" one of the other men above the pit asked.

"He did what he was told to do," the man who'd thrown him in there said.

Triton ignored the people up above and put out his hand to the lions flank. It was soft and warm to the touch. He stroked the creature lightly and it lied down beside him calmly.

"You aren't so freighting are you?" Triton asked with a slight smile.

"Ok… out of there now… We're finished here," his trainer said. Triton sighed and headed towards the light. As soon as he got there a pair of hands descended and grabbed him dragging him up.

(FLASH)

"It's time for us to leave here," Wolf said to his two companions, "We now know the truth. We can't go on living like this. We can't keep killing innocent people."

"We're with you all the way Wolf," Falcra nodded with a serious expression.

"They're sure to capture us again. Besides… What if someone on the other side finds out who we are? They'll kill us without a doubt," Cheetara explained.

"And what do you propose? Stay here and continue killing people proving that we are dangerous? We can't do that. Not now that we know what's really going on," Wolf explained.

"I… I'm afraid… What if something goes wrong?" Cheetara asked.

"I promise nothing will," Wolf replied, "We're going to get out of here."

"And then we'll be free at last," Falcra added.

"You're right… Let's get the hell out of here," Cheetara nodded.

"As you wish my lady," Wolf smirked as he pulled out a small device from his pocket.

"Where'd you get that Wolf?" Falcra asked going slightly wide-eyed.

"I borrowed it," he said as he walked up to the door of their "prison" and pressed the button on the device. The door opened slowly and the three sighed with relief when they saw that no one was outside.

"Let's get going. Only rule… Don't get caught," Cheetara said as she peeked into the hall to make sure no one was there then slowly crept through it making such a small amount of noise that it seemed as if she wasn't there. The others followed behind her being just as quiet. Wolf kept to the rear listening for any trouble that may have come.

(FLASH)

"You broke the rule Dorry… Your own rule… You let yourself get caught," Trowa said to himself as he ran down a hall. It was odd that the halls were all empty but he suspected that the reason was because he was expected. They wanted him to find her so that they would have him where they wanted him. Well he wasn't going to leave the time for them to capture him. The plan was find her and get the hell out before they were caught again. Simple and easy…

He quickly ran down the hall and stopped at a corner. He slowly peeked around the corner… two guards near the door of the holding area. They would be much trouble, however. He took a deep breath then stepped around the corner, "Looking for someone?" he asked the guards. The two guards looked at him for several seconds in confusion before quickly pulling out their guns and pointing them at him.

Trowa smirked slightly with a sigh as he backed up a step going around the corner. As he had done before he jumped up to the ceiling and held himself there as the two guards ran around the corner.

"Where'd he go?" one of the guards asked.

"Ough!" was the only reply he got from the other guard. He turned just in time to receive a fist in the face.

Trowa kneeled down and grabbed the key chain off of one of the guards. He then got up and headed back towards the door that the two guards had been guarding. He took a quick look around and then put one of the keys in the keyhole. It didn't work, so he tried another… and another… eventually he got to the right key and it opened the door. He took a deep breath as he grabbed his gun with his right hand and slowly opened the door with his left. He pointed the gun inside for fear of it being a trap and looked around.

"Trowa?" came a voice from the shadows of the room as a figure emerged.

"Dorothy," he sighed with relief.

(Meanwhile)

"Fuck no…" Duo whispered silently, "It can't be… It just can't be."

"I knew it," Heero growled as he glared at the large computer screen, "I should never have doubted myself like I did." The whole group was watching the screen with him. They looked at three figures. Two girls and a boy. The first girl had dark blue hair and light blue eyes. The second girl has light blond hair and light blue eyes like the first. The boy had brown hair that covered one eye and emerald green eyes. Hilde, Dorothy and Trowa… Three trusted Preventers… They were the enemy?

"It's got to be a lie," Quatre said looking away from the screen.

"If it's such a lie then where the hell are those three now?" Noin asked Quatre.

"I… I don't know," He replied.

"Their probably on another mission… assassinating someone," Wufei said watching the screen with his arms crossed.

"Whether or not this information is true we have to find these three. If they are the three assassins then they are dangerous… if not they will no doubt have others after them if this information has gotten out," Lady Une said.